Breathing in Confinement

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January 15th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Amol Prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Sunday, January 12, a prisoner was executed in Amol Prison on the charge of murder.

January 15th, 2020

Three prisoners were sentenced to death in Ahvaz

Breathing in Confinement – at a news conference on Tuesday, January 14, the judiciary spokesman announced that three citizens in Ahvaz who were previously arrested on the charge of assaulting a police station have been sentenced to death.

January 10th, 2020

Seven political prisoners are sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison

Breathing in Confinement –  Seven people were sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison in the cities of Bukan and Paveh. Their names are Farhad Majidzadeh, Samko Maroufi, Shahoo Khezri, Hooman Feizi, Zhaka Ismailpour, Delshad Faraji and Honar Hosseini. On October 15, 2019, in a protest assembly, they had been separately detained and after the completion […]

January 10th, 2020

Two defendants in Isfahan and Tehran were released from execution

Breathing in Confinement – A prisoner in Tehran and a child offender in Isfahan who was previously sentenced to death in separate cases, being pardoned by the victims’ relatives were released from execution. According to Javan Online, a prisoner sentenced to death in Tehran province was saved from death with the consent of the victim’s […]

January 6th, 2020

In 2019, 274 death sentences have been carried out in Iran under the rule of the Islamic Republic

Breathing in Confinement – According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights in Iran, over the past year, 274 inmates have faced the death penalty in prisons and occasionally in public. In spite of widespread international protests, the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not taken any action to improve the human rights situation in Iran. […]

January 5th, 2020

Jafar Ebrahimi was arrested and was transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – Concurrently with the 40th day of November protesters’ martyrdom, Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested on December 26 in Behesht-e-Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 5th, 2020

Sepideh Farahan was arrested and transferred to the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Sepideh Farahan, one of the detainees of the December 2017 protests was arrested on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, and was transferred to Evin Prison. According to the information received by Breathing in Confinement- the news organ of  Prisoners ‘Rights League in Iran,  yesterday January 1, to serve her 2 years sentence, […]

January 2nd, 2020

In a letter, twelve female prisoners in Evin Prison protest the crackdown in the prison ward

Breathing in Confinement – In the wake of the transfer of Narges Mohammadi and Athena Daemi from the women’s ward of Evin prison, their fellow inmates protested this illegal decision.

January 2nd, 2020

Arresting the November 2019 protesters is on going

Breathing in Confinement – After more than 40 days from the November demonstrations, while the Islamic Republic’s authorities have not provided any official and accurate figures on the number of detainees, arresting the protesters is daily ongoing.   Breathing in Confinement-  the news organ of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, quoted Mohsen Khancherli, the West […]

December 29th, 2019

Narges Mohammadi was beaten and transferred to Zanjan prison

Breathing in Confinement – Narges Mohammadi Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been transferred to Zanjan prison. She was among the women who had been on a sit-in at Evin prison protesting the killing of protesters in November. She along with 7 other inmates had announced in a letter on […]